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Recent Ecology Weir, L.K., J.W.A. Grant and J.A. Hutchings. 2010. Patterns of aggression and operational sex ratio within alternative male phenotypes in Atlantic salmon. Ethology 116: 166-175. Imre, I., J.W.A. Grant and R.A. Cunjak. 2010. Density-dependent growth of young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) revisited. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 19: 1-6.Brown, G.E., Elvidge, C.K., Macnaughton, C.J.,Ramnarine, I. and Godin, J.-G.J. (2010). Cross-population response to conspecific chemical alarm cues in wild Trinidadian guppies. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 88, 138-146. Leduc, A.O.H.C., Roh, E., Macnaughton, C.J., Benz, F., Rosenfeld, J. and Brown, G.E. (2010). Ambient pH and the response to chemical alarm cues in juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): mechanisms of reduced behavioral responses. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 139, 117-128. Weladji, R.B., Ø. Holand, J.-M. Gaillard, N.G. Yoccoz, A. Mysterud, M. Nieminen & N. Chr. Stenseth (2010) Age-specific changes in different components of reproductive output in female reindeer: Terminal allocation or senescence? Oecologia 162: 261-271 Leduc, A.O.H.C., Roh, E. and Brown, G.E. (2009). Effects of acid rainfall on juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) antipredator behaviour: loss of chemical alarm function and potential survival consequences during predation. Marine and Freshwater Research, 60, 1223-1230. Brown,G.E., Harvey,M.C., Leduc,A.O.H.C., Ferrari,M.C.O. and Chivers,D.P.. (2009). Social context, competitive interactions and the dynamic nature of antipredator responses of juvenile rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of Fish Biology, 75, 552-562. |
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Recent Cell/Molecular Ben-Shahar, T.R., Castillo, A.G., Osborne, M.J., Borden, K.L.B., Kornblatt, J. and Verreault, A. (2009) Two fundamentally distinct PCNA interaction peptides contribute to chromatin assembly factor 1 function. Mol. Cell. Biol., 29, 6353-6365. Goldberg, A.A., Bourque, S.D., Kyryakov, P., Boukh-Viner, T., Gregg, C., Beach, A., Burstein, M.T., Machkalyan, G., Richard, V., Rampersad, S. and Titorenko, V.I. (2009) A novel function of lipid droplets in regulating longevity. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 37:1050-1055. Goldberg, A.A., Bourque, S.D., Kyryakov, P., Gregg, C., Boukh-Viner, T., Beach, A., Burstein, M.T., Machkalyan, G., Richard, V., Rampersad, S., Cyr, D., Milijevic, S. and Titorenko, V.I. (2009) Effect of calorie restriction on the metabolic history of chronologically aging yeast. Exp. Gerontol. 44:555-571. Jack A. Kornblatt, J.A. (2009) Reduction of canine plasminogen leads to an expanded molecule which Scrivens,P.J., Shahrzad,N., Moores,A., Morin,A., Brunet,S. and Sacher,M. (2009) TRAPPC2L is a novel, highly conserved TRAPP-interacting protein Traffic, 10, 724-736 Uniacke, J. and W. Zerges. (2009) Chloroplast Protein Targeting Involves Localized Translation in Chlamydomonas Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 106 (5) 1439-1444 Sacher, M., Kim,Y.-G., Lavie,A., Oh,B.-H. and Segev,N. (2008) The TRAPP complex: insights into its architecture and function Traffic, 9, 2032-2042 Min XJ, Hickey DA. (2008) An evolutionary footprint of age-related natural selection in mitochondrial DNA. |
Our faculty members explore a broad range of fundamental areas of the biological sciences through both their research programs and the undergraduate and graduate courses they offer. More information regarding our staff and faculty is available via the links shown in the navigation bars.
Where
We are located in the new Richard J. Renaud Science Complex that opened in September 2003 on the Loyola Campus. The Loyola Campus of Concordia University is located at 7141 Sherbrooke St W. in Montreal. Consult the map of the Loyola Campus to locate the SP Building.
What
The Concordia Biology Department offers
- A broad education in the fundamentals of the biological sciences,
- Major and Minor programs.
- Specialization and Honors programs in Ecology, Cell and Molecular Biology
- The opportunity to conduct original, independent research in the areas of Genomics, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Behavioral Ecology, Aquatic Ecology, Plant Biology, Ecotoxicology, Entomology, Population Biology
Our academic terms run from January-April and September-December. We also offer a limited number of Summer courses. We invite you to explore our Department via the various web page links. To make an appointment with an undergraduate academic advisor, please see the "Undergrad" page or contact us (tel. 514-848-2424 ext. 3400). For graduate information, follow the link to the "Graduate" page or contact us (tel. 514-848-2424 ext. 3401).
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